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I am unable to install the game from my CD. Double-clicking on either setup.exe or setupubi.exe just causes the mouse to change to the wait icon for a few seconds, and then nothing. The processes stay running, which I then must kill using process manager. I have also tried right-clicking on the above executables and using "run as administrator" with the same results.

Many of the threads speak of running "a.exe". There is no such file on my IL2 Sturmovik CD.

I am unable to install the game from my CD. Double-clicking on either setup.exe or setupubi.exe just causes the mouse to change to the wait icon for a few seconds, and then nothing. The processes stay running, which I then must kill using process manager. I have also tried right-clicking on the above executables and using "run as administrator" with the same results.

Many of the threads speak of running "a.exe". There is no such file on my IL2 Sturmovik CD.

There are almost no threads concerning Win 7-64 and the original IL2. The original was released 10 years ago, and games and hardware have moved on leaving the past behind. Which is what I am suggesting to you. You can get 1946 download for under US$10 with no DRM. That would be the smart solution. However, you want a challenge.

At this point, you're going to have manually configure il2setup to best match your existing hardware, which isn't mentioned in the drop down menus. This is what I did, and actually got it to launch, but not much more.

Or, you leave the past behind and get 1946, which contains all of the original IL2 content.

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